Prime Minister Harper bent extra low in bowing to the Queen when last in London. He had good news for her. He was sure she would be pleased to know that he is going to switch Canada back to God Save the Queen as the country’s national anthem. This would go nicely with returning to the British Ensign as Canada’s flag.
“After all,” he explained to Cabinet, on his next visit to Ottawa, “we have had that red and white hanky flying over the Peace Tower long enough. As part of our making the ranks and designations of our armed services more British, they need to march under a proper flag.”
With the looming cabinet shuffle, no member of cabinet was eager to disagree with the Prime Minister. Those who knew they were out, had appointments to the bench and other benefits at risk and said nothing. And others know what an Anglophobe the Prime Minister is and know better than to object.
Only Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was secure enough to question why not give people a choice between singing God Save the Queen and O Canada. He explained, “They will probably choose God Save the Queen because the words are easier to remember. This way people will not complain that we are forcing the change.”
“No, Jim,” the Prime Minister answered. “It is like when you made the decision to get rid of the penny. People need to be told what to do.”
The Prime Minister also had a great idea to teach Canadians how to sing God Save the Queen. “Since the Economic Action Plan advertising does not seem to be working despite how many millions of taxpayer dollars we put into it, we will change the strategy. We will use all that money to play God Save the Queen every hour on every radio station in Canada. People will not only learn the words but they will learn the tune, It will be a win-win situation.”
….and then we woke up. It was just a nightmare! We hope.
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